Tirathaba albifusa

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Tirathaba albifusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. albifusa
Binomial name
Tirathaba albifusa
(Hampson, 1917) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aphomia albifusaHampson, 1917

Tirathaba albifusa is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. [2] It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on Sulawesi. [1] [3]

The wingspan is about 26 mm for males and 30 mm for females. The forewings of the males are pale brown with a broad fascia of white suffusion below the costa extending at the base to the inner margin. Forewings of the females are entirely suffused with pale brown and irrorated (speckled) with darker brown. There are reddish streaks from the base of the median nervure in and below the cell and a dark terminal line. The hindwings are orange yellow. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tirathaba albifusa". insecta.pro.
  3. ↑ GBIF. "Tirathaba albifusa Hampson, 1917 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
  4. ↑ Novitates Zoologicae. 24 : 39 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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